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Nicholas II, pope

(Encyclopedia) Nicholas II (c.1010–61), pope (1058–61), a Roman named Gerard, b. Lorraine, France; successor to Pope Stephen IX. A strong proponent of papal reform, he issued (1059) the Papal…

Otumfuo Nana Opoku Ware II Biography

Otumfuo Nana Opoku Ware IIthe AsanteheneAge: 79 venerable spiritual and cultural leader of the Ashanti people of Ghana. A London-trained lawyer, the Asantehene became the 18th king of Ashanti…

William Shakespeare: Henry V, Act II

Act IIPrologueEnter ChorusChorusNow all the youth of England are on fire, And silken dalliance in the wardrobe lies: Now thrive the armourers, and honour's thought Reigns solely in the breast…

Amy Lowell: Francis II, King of Naples

Francis II, King of NaplesWritten after reading Trevelyan's Garibaldi and the making of ItalyPoor foolish monarch, vacillating, vain, Decaying victim of a race of kings, Swift Destiny shook…

William Shakespeare: Richard II, Act III

Act IIIScene IBristol. Before the castleEnter Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of York, Northumberland, Lord Ross, Henry Percy, Lord Willoughby, with Bushy and Green, prisonersHenry BolingbrokeBring…

William Shakespeare: Richard II, Act IV

Act IVScene IWestminster HallEnter, as to the Parliament, Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Aumerle, Northumberland, Henry Percy, Lord Fitzwater, Duke of Surrey, the Bishop OF Carlisle, the Abbot Of…

William Shakespeare: Richard III, Act II

Act IIScene ILondon. The palaceFlourish. Enter King Edward IV sick, Queen Elizabeth, Dorset, Rivers, Hastings, Buckingham, Grey, and othersKing Edward IVWhy, so: now have I done a good day's…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: II ("Going to heaven!")

by EmilyDickinsonIIIIII Going to heaven! I don't know when, Pray do not ask me how, — Indeed, I 'm too astonished To think of answering you! Going to heaven! — How dim it sounds! And yet it…